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Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Springfield May 21st 2010

Brutal wake up this morning…up at 5:30am because we have customized this itinerary for the agents to see Auckland so we have to get to Christchurch in time for our flight today. Breakfast, then a nap on the bus. Our first stop was 1 hour visit to a Jade factory where we saw how the jewellery was made then had a chance to purchase it. On the bus again and headed up the west coast. There was quite a lot of coach riding today and I was in the back seat so I slept a lot of the drive. We stopped in a couple of small towns for rest breaks along the way. One called Springfield where everyone took pictures thinking its where Simpsons was created, but no. In the afternoon, we had a surprise for ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Springfield September 3rd 2005

Arthur's Pass - 3.9.2005 Ranne pocasie nas velmi nepotesilo. Stale mrholilo a okolite kopce boli zatiahnute v oblakoch. A tak sme (s nemalou radostou) predlzili nas spanok o nejaku tu hodinu. Nakoniec sme vsak vybehli na kratsi track do Otira valley, ktory viedol uz k spominanenmu vrcholu Rollestone. Po kratsom uvodnom strateni turistickej znacky sme opat objavili spravny chodnik, ktory nas doviedol krasnym udolim az k upatiu vrchu Rollestone. Rollestone nas privital niekolkymi hlucnymi lavinovimy pozdravmi a my sme boli radi, ze sme tentoraz kvoli pocasiu nechali lyze v aute. Po ceste naspat do Christchurchu sme sa zastavili pri neobycajnom mieste - maurskom mieste pokoja - Castle Hill. Je to miesto, kde su najneobycajnejsim sposobom roztrusene velke bouldrovacie skaly z vapenca. Pajka dal aj par bouldrovacich pokusov a ja som si uzivala chvile s fotakom v ... read more
Castle Hill




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